Hatton vs. Cotto - Resume

I think Cotto stands a far better chance against Floyd than Margarito would, but that's just my opinion.

 

I wouldn't give either that much of a chance.

Cotto would most likely do better, styles make fights and all that - but I could see Mayweather stopping him late, or winning clearly on points.

Margarito would make Floyd comfortable for a short time, before he is figured out..... and boxed silly. Wide UD.

 

I pretty much agree with you in full about Margo - but whilst Floyd could keep Hatton away a little with his straight right hand.... Margo would just walk him down.

I aren't saying he will do enough to win rounds, but still......

Cotto.....

I think maybe a little wider (than your 8-4), his jab is almost a straight left which Floyd might be able to telegraph. His stamina is also suspect, he may fade late trying to chase Floyd and be stopped on his feet.....

 

The records at 140 are pretty hard to split overall.

After Cotto moved up he impressed with his wins against Quintana, Shane and Zab. But he lost to Margy, comprehensively in the end, despite putting in arguably his best performance.

Ricky was a bit unlucky that Castillo had faded by the time they fought; when that fight was set up nobody knew Castillo was fading, he'd just flattened Corrales albeit weighing in too heavy.

Claiming Torres as a good win for Cotto is double edged - he was within a twats hair of losing. And he had a run of non-punchers after that scare - Urkal and Paulie are not that impressive - they were punchbags on the night.

Claiming Paulie was a lesser fighter when he faced Ricky is ludicrous seeing as he had no belt when Cotto fought him but by the time Ricky did, he was a belt holder and recognised no.2 in the division.

All in all it's tight, I would possibly edge towards Cotto even at 140 as his opposition was marginally better on a consistent basis.


Head to head, as Gaz outlined, Hatton was more mature 2004-2006 ish and Cotto was dead at the weight for the last year or so - the timing for the fight would never have favoured Cotto.

 

Torres is over-rated. He was taken the distance by the patsy who Witter beat up in his first defence.

After Witter beat the **** out of him.

 

Not by me it isn't.

If the second half of the fight had mirrored the first, perhaps so - but it barely scrapes into his top 10 wins.

 

Exactly

Urango has also held a belt, I couldn't separate him and Torres by much at all, personally... time will tell

Torres has a decent punch but he's always seemed a bit small and frail to me

Hatton in the first six against Urango was utter quality, Urango's slowness helped of course but Hatton was razor sharp.

 

I think only a fool would argue that Hatton's resume doesn't lack depth of TOP names.

He has more B-/C+ level wins than pretty much any fighter around.....

Cotto's 140 resume isn't all that though - on the whole he has an edge over Hatton beyond question.

 

Cotto at 147 is no great shakes under closer scrutiny

Shane, Urkal and Zab (well?) past their best days

Quintana - a very good win against Williams... then Williams gave his head a shake and blew him out in a round in the rematch

He did look good against Gomez I guess and if he beats Jennings well it's game set and match


I tend to think Cotto has a number of good names which are still good wins but he's getting credit for name value too

 

Zab looks good on a record and can look amazing in spurts for 4 or 5 rounds but whens the last time he beat a top fighter.